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Montana State University and the University of Montana collaborate in a program called the Montana Space Grant Consortium. The consortium member schools, researchers and educators do a number of activities to learn more about space and share what they learn with Montana's school children. Jon Martin, principal at Meadowlark Elementary in Chinook, learned of the presentations offered to schools and scheduled "Pluto and Beyond" at Meadowlark. The presentation occurred last week. Pluto and Beyond...
Sarah Gone joined the Bear Paw Battlefield Park staff in September, 2015. No stranger to the park, the Fort Belknap woman worked with the National Park Service each summer while a college student, from 2008-2012. Now she’s back and trying to determine a new direction, having completed law school at the University of Montana last spring. She is preparing to sit for the bar exam this coming February. Gone graduated from Harlem High School in 2007. She went on to complete two bachelor’s degrees, at U of M, one in sociology, with an emphasis in cri...
Reporter's note: Several days ago Chuck Hewitt, a retired teacher who lives in Chinook, asked if I'd seen the barn he made. He said it was on display in the lobby of the First Bank of Montana. He added, "You should check it out." I'd seen some other projects Chuck had built so figured this might be interesting. I stopped in to see it and later asked him about the barn. Here's the story behind the barn currently on display in the bank lobby. Asked, "Why did you build the barn?" Chuck's first resp...
The Blaine County DUI Task Force is sponsoring a bus service in the Fort Belknap and Harlem area and a ride home service in Chinook during the upcoming New Year’s holidays. Be responsible during the holidays, take the bus or call for a ride. In the Fort Belknap and Harlem area, a bus will leave Fort Belknap Casino for Harlem at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. and return from Harlem VFW at 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. In Chinook, rides will be available from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Call 357-3260 for a ride within a five mile radius of the tow...
It is that magical time once again. For 74 years I have been experiencing it. Can’t explain it yet but I really do love it in spite of things going really wrong with the season every so often. A case in point is that one Christmas I heard of a woman who put a tiny manger scene on her stove so that when she was cooking, she would remember the reason for the season. I thought that was a wonderful idea. I bought two, one for a cabin and one for the house. I put them up on the stove for years and even looked at them and remembered. Then Mother a...
My most memorable Christmas was with somebody who isn’t here today. Spending time with my Grandpa was always special but holidays meant something more to me even at a young age. The first year he wasn’t there was different. I kept expecting to see him but that wasn’t going to happen. Every year I wish things could be different so I could have just one more day with him. Sadly it doesn’t work like that and we need to make the best of what we have. Some people don’t get a lot of joy and it’s a struggle for them just to function in public. Thi...
The library will be open Thursday, December 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. We will be closed Friday, December 25 in observance of Christmas. Next week we will have the same hours for the New Year's Holiday; open Thursday, December 31 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and closed Friday, January 1. The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Wednesday, December 30 at 2 p.m. in the library meeting room. Story Time is Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All kids are welcome...
On Tuesday, Wally and Loretta Beck went to Havre and took Brandon Beck and Daniella Schilling out to dinner to celebrate Brandon’s 21st birthday. On their return trip home, they stopped by Darwin and Betty Zellmer’s home in Harlem and wished Darwin a happy birthday! Evan Hauge and Laura Bratz visited Harlan and Jane Krass on Sunday afternoon. Wendy VanValkenburg and Sylvia Mohar visited Sandy Beck on her birthday, Dec. 17. Chad Beck was also out to see Sandy on her birthday. That evening, Sandy attended Landen’s school program in Chino...
Lyndsay Hutton is home for Christmas break. The Steve Hickel family went to Choteau for an early Christmas celebration with Colleen’s family. The School Christmas program was a huge success! Great job on your singing and poetry, students. Santa made his yearly visit to the kids of the community and candy was given out with help from the National Honor Society. Miles, Lyndsay and Linda took in the wrestling in Fort Benton and the Holiday Classic at CMR to watch Reece and the Harlem Wildcat wrestlers. They visited Adrienne Hutton while in G...
Merry Christmas from the Harlem Public Library! The library will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. We will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Book Challenge for December is to read a play. Let us know the title of the play you read and your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. Keep watching for the new book challenge for 2016. The used book sale continues through the month of December. Remember the proceeds support the children’s summer reading progr...
Harlem Elementary's December 18th ROARing students are kindergartener, Raylee Walls, and first grader, Maeli Has Eagle. These bright young ladies are tiny, but powerful, role models for the entire elementary student body. Raylee and Maeli have proven they have what it takes to be the newest members of the ROAR Roster. Great job, girls!...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter improved to 4-0 over the weekend picking up a big conference win over the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds 58-31 Friday night and besting Big Sandy 64-22 Saturday in the teams home opener. Senior Ian McIntosh and junior Kyler Johnson each knocked down a triple in the first quarter that saw the 'Beeters take a 13-7 lead over the home standing Thunderbirds. McIntosh added six more in the second quarter helping Chinook extend the advantage to 25-17 by intermission. The teams...
The Harlem Wildcats fell to 1-3 on the season after suffering a pair of conference losses to the Malta Mustangs and Wolf Point Wolves over the weekend. Friday the Wildcats lost 54-28 to the Mustangs in Malta. The team competed hard start to finish but the Mustangs were able to slowly pull away. Junior Terry Sandcrane led Harlem with 10 points in the contest. Saturday the boys welcomed the Wolf Point Wolves to town in their home opener. The visitors led 17-12 after eight minutes of action and...
The Thunderbird faced the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks Saturday afternoon in Chester falling 79-63 to fall to 0-4 on the season. The Hawks are a talented group and are expected to contend in the District 9C as are the Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds put themselves in a big hole early on as they trailed the Hawks 26-9 after eight minutes of action. Hays/Lodge Pole is a talented team and responded by playing the Hawks even for the rest of the contest. Thunderbirds finally got their offense rollin...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are off to another fast start as they improved to 4-0 following a pair of lopsided wins over Hays/Lodge Pole and Big Sandy this weekend. The girls defeated the Thunderbirds 54-25 as the teams kicked off conference play in the District 9C. Saturday the 'Beeters made their home debut against the Big Sandy Pioneers pitching a shutout 57-0. The 'Beeters got off to a fast start against the Thunderbirds as their pressure defense forced several turnovers and their transition...
The Harlem girls varsity basketball team saw their record evened at 2-2 following a pair of defeats to the Malta M-ettes 67-14 and Wolf Point Wolves 73-48 over the weekend The Malta M-ettes are the defending Class B State Champions and return basically the same team from a year ago. They also were Harlem's first conference opponent as District 2B play got underway this past weekend. Harlem head coach Laramie Schwenke was exited to have her team 2-0 following a pair of victories at the Native Ame...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds took an 0-3 record into their conference clash with the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks Saturday afternoon but one thing was for certain, they were there to compete and compete they did. The Hawks squeaked out a 45-39 win over the young Thunderbird squad but they had to survive a late charge by the Thunderbirds to do it. Hays/Lodge Pole fell behind early 17-4. A strong second quarter brought the Thunderbirds back within reach as they outscore the Hawks 15-9 in...
The Turner girls basketball program has been on the rise the past few years and got off to a nice start to begin the season Following a 2-0 start, the Tornadoes were looking to carry that momentum into conference play. The Tornadoes played two solid teams over the weekend falling 52-37 to the North Star Knights Friday evening and 57-21 to the Fort Benton Longhorns Saturday afternoon. The Knights were coming off two straight losses to begin the season. The Tornadoes were a bit out of sorts offens...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team enters the holiday break following an outstanding performance over the weekend in Great Falls at the CMR Holiday Classic and Great Falls High Junior Varsity wrestling tournaments. The 'Beeters entered six wrestlers in the classic and scored 71 points in the field of 48 teams to finish 16th in the team standings. The tournament features teams from all four classifications and is considered one of the premier tournaments in the region,. For some it may be...
The Turner Tornadoes began conference play this past weekend. Friday the boys traveled to Gildford where they were defeated by the North Star Knights 82-42. Saturday the Fort Benton Longhorns topped Turner 45-30 in their home opener. Friday in Gildford the Knights raced out to a 22-8 advantage earlier. Turner picked up a three point basket from senior Bret Vanvalkenburg in the first quarter and five more points in the second but the team trailed 42-17 at intermission. Things evened out a bit in...
On Dec. 14 friends, family, 4-H members and leaders gathered in the Triple E meeting room in Chinook for the club Christmas Party, potluck, and Secret Santa gift exchange. The fun-filled evening was enjoyed by club members: Rebecca Stroh, Britton Elliot, Maisie Ford, Reegan Roseleip, Ashlyn Ford, Mya Berreth, Tana Drugge, Lori Mord, Thane Drugge, Addison Olsen, Jacob Metcalf, Ethan Liddle, Drake Berreth, Stacie Liddle, Hayden Berreth, Jenna Liddle, Amanda Mord, Sidney Liddle, Jeni Mord, and...
